Whole Foods CEO: ‘We Sell a Bunch of Junk’

Over the past several years, Whole Foods has morphed from a health food store into a sort of food boutique, selling all kinds of fancy, prepared foods — many of which aren’t healthy. This transformation isn’t lost on John Mackey, the company’s CEO.

“We sell all kinds of candy,” he told the WSJ. “We sell a bunch of junk.”

Healthy, bulk foods such as “grains, seeds, nuts and beans” now account for about …

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